Svetlana Probable NDE

Experience Description

I was age 15 and having an operation.

During anesthesia, I went into another state of existence and I was at home there. I was floating in a long pink tunnel that was twisting in different directions. I was flying forward and feeling total bliss and Happiness. All the life here on earth was like a dream, long time ago, that did not mean much.

Then I remember seeing an operating light and realizing that I was still alive. I was very annoyed and frightened that I had to go back to my body. When I slowly woke up, I was stressed out and asking people to let me go back because I did not want to be here in this life. Eventually, I had like a switch and I was more here on earth and actually frightened to go to tunnel. I was holding people's hands and asking them to hold me here. I thought that it was drug effect for years until I read a book by Raymond Moody called, 'Life after life'.

The experience in a different reality was so real that it changed my worldly perception. I am not afraid of death at all. I am still not sure what I am doing here on earth and if I get the chance to go back home, I would go in a second. But I guess there is a reason for everything. Once you go there, you cannot forget it. After my experience, I was not able to wear any watches as they would stop or show wrong time. This happened with even the most expensive watches, until I had my i-watch that is working ok now. I have lots of vivid movie dreams. I was experimenting with my dreams for a while trying to control their content. It was like having dreams in dreams, but I do not have much time to do this now.

Background Information:

Gender: Female

Date NDE Occurred: 1991

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Uncertain Surgery-related. While under general anesthesia. I was not told that I had died, but it was an NDE during an operation.

How do you consider the content of your experience? Entirely pleasant

Did you feel separated from your body? Yes I remember seeing the operation lights and room periodically during the experience. I clearly left my body and existed outside it

How did your highest level of consciousness and alertness during the experience compare to your normal everyday consciousness and alertness? Normal consciousness and alertness. I was totally conscious

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? yes

Were your thoughts speeded up? No

Did time seem to speed up or slow down? Everything seemed to be happening at once; or time stopped or lost all meaning. There was no specific time there, like eternity.

Were your senses More vivid than usual? More vivid than usual

Please compare your vision during the experience to your everyday vision that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. My vision was the same. I was in a tunnel with not much to see.

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. I didn't hear any specific noises. My hearing was the same.

Did you seem to be aware of things going on elsewhere, as if by ESP? No

Did you pass into or through a tunnel? Yes I was all the time in a pinkish, soft and pleasant tunnel. I was moving fast forward in it like being on roller coaster covered by a tube. The tunnel was twisting so I did not see the end of it.

Did you see any beings in your experience? No

Did you encounter or become aware of any deceased (or alive) beings? No

Did you see, or feel surrounded by, a brilliant light? No

Did you see an unearthly light? No

Did you seem to enter some other, unearthly world? A clearly mystical or unearthly realm. It was a different existence

What emotions did you feel during the experience? Total content and bliss

Did you have a feeling of peace or pleasantness? Incredible peace or pleasantness

Did you have a feeling of joy? Incredible joy

Did you feel a sense of harmony or unity with the universe? I felt united or one with the world

Did you suddenly seem to understand everything? Everything about the universe. I can not explain but I was like I understood everything at once, like a universe.

Did scenes from your past come back to you? No

Did scenes from the future come to you? No

Did you come to a border or point of no return? No

God, Spiritual and Religion:

What was your religion prior to your experience? Do not know. I was baptized as orthodox christian, but I am not religious.

What is your religion now? Do not know. I believe in afterlife and another existence

Did your experience include features consistent with your earthly beliefs? Content that was entirely not consistent with the beliefs you had at the time of your experience. I did not have any specific beliefs before the experience, but after the experience I am sure that there is another place after we die.

Did you have a change in your values and beliefs because of your experience? Yes I believe in universe and afterlife.

Did you seem to encounter a mystical being or presence, or hear an unidentifiable voice? No

Did you see deceased or religious spirits? No

Did you encounter or become aware of any beings who previously lived on earth who are described by name in religions (for example: Jesus, Muhammad, Buddha, etc.)? No

During your experience, did you gain information about premortal existence? No

During your experience, did you gain information about universal connection or oneness? Yes I was in a place of eternity and total unity

During your experience, did you gain information about the existence of God? No

Concerning our Earthly lives other than Religion:

During your experience, did you gain special knowledge or information about your purpose? No There was no purpose or knowledge, but just existence of eternity

During your experience, did you gain information about the meaning of life? No

During your experience, did you gain information about an afterlife? An afterlife probably does exist. I was in existence after life, in an existence of eternity.

Did you gain information about how to live our lives? No

During your experience, did you gain information about life's difficulties, challenges and hardships? No

During your experience, did you gain information about love? Yes I was in total love

What life changes occurred in your life after your experience? Large changes in my life. I believe in an existence of me after earthly life. I believe in energy between people, and every action has a meaning. Any bad or good thought will have aftereffect. Things come back to you. Every tiny thought will bounce back. I became an observer of people. All my watches were breaking down.

Have your relationships changed specifically because of your experience? Uncertain

After the NDE:

Was the experience difficult to express in words? Yes It is a state of existence that I am not able to describe in words. I felt at home there and I know that there home there.

How accurately do you remember the experience in comparison to other life events that occurred around the time of the experience? I remember the experience more accurately than other life events that occurred around the time of the experience. It was something that is impossible to forget and it was very vivid.

Do you have any psychic, non-ordinary or other special gifts after your experience that you did not have before the experience? Yes Frequent deja vu. I feel things in advance. I am afraid of people, because when they are mean or upset with me bad things happen to them without me wishing this. I never wish anything bad to people, they do it to themselves.

Are there one or several parts of your experience that are especially meaningful or significant to you? I look forward to go back home some day.

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes Some people get scared. Some cautious. Most people do not like to discuss NDE or do not believe in this.

Did you have any knowledge of near death experience (NDE) prior to your experience? No

What did you believe about the reality of your experience shortly (days to weeks) after it happened? Experience was definitely real. It was more real than this life

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was definitely real. I feel the same real as right after the experience

At any time in your life, has anything ever reproduced any part of the experience? Uncertain

Is there anything else that you would like to add about your experience? Uncertain

Are there any other questions that we could ask to help you communicate your experience? I was only 15 at the time, with no relationships at that time. I did not tell my parents. They would not get it.